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Off-Hour Admission and Mortality Risk for 28 Specific Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 251 Cohorts Epidemiology
Conclusions Off-hour admission is associated with increased mortality risk, and the associations varied substantially for different diseases. Specialists, nurses, as well as hospital administrators and health policymakers can take these findings into consideration to improve the quality and continuity of medical services.
Source: JAHA:Journal of the American Heart Association - March 17, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Zhou, Y., Li, W., Herath, C., Xia, J., Hu, B., Song, F., Cao, S., Lu, Z. Tags: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Health Services, Meta Analysis, Mortality/Survival Source Type: research

Can a Novel Clinical Risk Score Improve Pneumonia Prediction in Acute Stroke Care? A UK Multicenter Cohort Study Stroke
Conclusions The ISAN score is a simple tool for predicting SAP in clinical practice. External validation is required in ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke cohorts.
Source: JAHA:Journal of the American Heart Association - January 13, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Smith, C. J., Bray, B. D., Hoffman, A., Meisel, A., Heuschmann, P. U., Wolfe, C. D. A., Tyrrell, P. J., Rudd, A. G., the Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party Group Tags: Stroke Source Type: research

Lower Mortality Rate in Elderly Patients With Community-Onset Pneumonia on Treatment With Aspirin Epidemiology
Conclusions This study shows that chronic aspirin use is associated with lower mortality rate within 30 days after hospital admission in a large cohort of patients with pneumonia.
Source: JAHA:Journal of the American Heart Association - January 6, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Falcone, M., Russo, A., Cangemi, R., Farcomeni, A., Calvieri, C., Barilla, F., Scarpellini, M. G., Bertazzoni, G., Palange, P., Taliani, G., Venditti, M., Violi, F. Tags: Epidemiology Source Type: research